Live Music & Nightlife for October 7th – 13th in St Augustine, FL

More fabulous entertainment around town this week. Thursday, October 9 at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall is an Evening with Richard Marx. Marx is the only male artists in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts. Thursday through Saturday you really don’t want to miss The Addams Family at The Limelight Theatre – The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in The Addams Family at the Limelight Theatre. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday – Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Friday is the Greek Festival! Opa! Greek Food, live Greek music, dancers, arts & crafts vendors, and a kid’s center with games, rides, & more at Francis Field. Friday 4-9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults and free for those 12 and under. Free admission for active military & family. Saturday at St. Augustine Amphitheater is Earth, Wind & Fire! The seventh-ranked top-selling group of all time, Earth, Wind and Fire have won eight Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards and have eight R&B #1 hits to their credit. This will be one concert not to miss this fall. And to top off our weekend.. This Sunday is the St. Augustine Record Fair at the Amphitheatre. Live band, DJ between bands, bounce house for the kiddos plus food and drinks will be available. Also on Sunday at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall is the Florida Chamber Music Concert. This opens their second season of intimate music. See below for more info. If that is not enough for you, be sure to check out all of the great local music below. Have a fantastic week and be sure to take time to dip your toes in the water

Looking for your favorite band or bar? We try to get as much information on the different bars, pubs and taverns around St Augustine so that you can find just what you are after. Let us know if your favorite is not listed and we’ll see what we can do to get it for you. Send your emails to miabain173@gmail.com

Not looking for Music or Karaoke? How about Football, Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, Baseball or some other sport? There is something for every interest. Here are a few places to find your favorite game.

Here’s this weeks “Locals” Lineup of great music and other happenings in and around town!

Vilano Beach / Old Town St Augustine / The Island (Anastasia Island)

At the St Augustine Amphitheater and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall:

Thursday, October 9 – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall – An Evening with Richard Marx – The Chicago native has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut which went to #8 and spawned four Top 5 singles, including the chart-topping “Hold on to the Nights,” with “Don’t Mean Nothing” earning him a GRAMMY nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The follow-up, 1989’s Repeat Offender, was even more successful, hitting #1 and going quadruple-platinum with two #1 singles in “Satisfied” and “Right Here Waiting.” When both Rush Street (with two #1 AC hits in “Keep Coming Back” and “Hazard”) and Paid Vacation (with its #1 AC hit, “Now and Forever”) went platinum, Marx achieved a seven-year string of triumphs that rivaled any in pop-rock music history. To this day, he is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts. . Doors 7:00PM | Starts 8:00PM

Saturday, October 11 – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – Earth, Wind & Fire – One of the most successful groups in the 20th century with a sound that spans musical divides and genres. Earth, Wind and Fire started a revolution with their mix of R&B and jazz in the 1970s and they haven’t looked back since. Maurice White is credited as the band’s founding member but other members have included Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, Larry Dunn and Al McKay.

As a group, Earth, Wind and Fire have received 20 Grammy nominations, including two group wins. Maurice and Bailey have both also won solo awards during this time. The group has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame and has its very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Notable hits by the group include “Shining Star,” “Devotion,” “That’s the Way of the World,” “Reasons,” “Boogie Wonderland” and “Let’s Groove.

Sunday, October 12 – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – St Augustine Record Fair – This free and family-friendly event features over a dozen music dealers from across the Southeast offering thousands of new and used vinyl records, CDs, music memorabilia and collectibles, turntable supplies, posters, and many other music-related products.

The St. Augustine Record Fair will also feature live music by several local bands, live DJ sets by Hear Hear DJ Services, and children’s activities including a bounce house and face painting! Food and drinks will also be available for purchase onsite. The event is free and open to the public with ample free parking in the Amphitheatre parking lot.

After the Record Fair, there will be a very special “Live from The Backroom at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre” performance by Walter Martin (of The Walkmen). Doors to The Backroom will open at 7pm, the show will start at 8pm. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase to the show online at http://tiny.cc./walter-martin-backroom

Friday Oct 3rd through Thursday Oct 16th
7 pm (Sunday at 1 pm) – “The Trip to Italy”Synopsis: A comedy about two men and six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Run time: 1 hour 48 minutes

Friday Oct 3rd through Thursday Oct 9th
8 pm (Sunday at 3 pm) – “Stranger than Paradise”Synopsis: A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two. Along with a friend, they eventually end up visiting their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to Florida where they lose all their money gambling before unwittingly gaining a fortune. Run time: 1 hour 29 minutes

Friday Oct 10th through Thursday Oct 16thKnife in the Water (Polish: Nóż w wodzie) is a 1962 film directed by Roman Polański. It features only three characters and deals with rivalry and sexual tension, and is Polanski’s directorial debut.

Friday Oct 16th through Thursday Oct 23rd
7 pm (Sunday at 1 pm) – “Sunset Boulevard”
Norma Desmond is the fictitious character in the movie; real-life silent movie star Gloria Swanson plays Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. See what happens when she ensnares a hack screenwriter (William Holden) after he finds himself trapped in her domain.